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Producing a solar collector every six minutes ABB robots make Absolicons solar technology a cost competitive alternative to conventional heating.To enable the transformation to a sustainable society and preserve resources production of solar collector panels must be precise highly efficient and cost effective. To achieve this Absolicon and ABB have developed the worlds only complete solution for the mass production of concentrated solar collectors in Absolicons factory in Hrnsand Sweden.The degree of automation has increased production drastically. Absolicons robotic production line now uses two ABB robots to produce a solar collector panel every six minutes compared with up to only three units produced a day using previous manual production methods.Developing an automated production process enables our global business case by radically reducing the price of our solar collectors while manufacturing them consistently to a very high quality. The productivity offered by ABBs robots means we can make solar energy compete on price with conventional industrial heating for the first time said Joakim Bystrm CEO of Absolicon. Our new automated production line can produce a complete solar collector every six minutes so while competitors rely on a manually intensive manufacturing process we can now do it with five people two robots and a fraction of the components.Absolicon has been developing sustainable solar technology for 20 years and produces parabolic solar collectors that are the most efficient in their class generating heat and steam up to 160 degrees for industrial companies and district heating networks.Were pleased that ABBs robotics solutions are accelerating the productivity quality and cost efficiency of Absolicons production line to enable them to bring a renewable energy product to market at a competitive price said Sami Atiya President of ABBs Robotics Discrete Automation Business Area. In helping Absolicon to accelerate their production from three units a day to one every six minutes our robotics solutions are playing a key role in accelerating the global adoption of sustainable technology ensuring Absolicons production partners are able to consistently produce solar collector panels globally.Our vision is to enable a cost-effective mass-production of solar collectors across the world to produce heat directly from sunlight added Bystrm. Our work with ABB to create this automated production process is a key enabler to realize our vision while ABBs global service organization will be a very valuable resource for our new customers as we roll-out our new automated production line globally.The next phase of the project involves supplying complete robotic production lines to manufacturing partners across the globe and ABB and Absolicon have agreed they will collaborate on the development sales and marketing of the robotic production line worldwide.The first installation has already been delivered to a partner in China and framework agreements for the acquisition of robotic production lines have been signed with businesses in a dozen countries with ABB supplying the robots for all new installations.Absolicon Solar Collector AB publ is a Swedish public limited liability company based in Hrnsand Sweden.
